The balmy caress of a warm fall — a shorts and t-shirt, open windows at night, drop dead gorgeous season — petered out on Monday. And it's likely gone for the year.

Now, the forecasters are warning about the potential Wednesday for the season's first frost. By Sunday, there are prospects seeing snowflakes — not the politically hypersensitive kind but the beautifully unique frozen crystals of water.

What winter has in store — and it officially doesn't arrive until late December — is, of course, hard to say. The early prognosis, Puma said, is for a wet winter. Whether that moisture lands as snow or rain, it's too early to say. Central Indiana had it pretty easy last winter — with only about a foot of snowfall the entire season. That was 10 inches below normal. Puma suspects we'll get more this winter.

For now, bundle up for at least the next week or two. It's possible we could see some warm days in November. But you're probably safe tucking away those summer shorts.

Pedestrians walking downtown Indianapolis fought the wind and rain Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. On Tuesday we all can expect much colder temperatures and we will be fighting to stay warm as highs will be in the upper 40's. Matt Kryger/IndyStar

Pedestrians walking downtown Indianapolis fought the wind and rain Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. On Tuesday we all can expect much colder temperatures and we will be fighting to stay warm as highs will be in the upper 40's. Matt Kryger/IndyStar

Pedestrians walking downtown Indianapolis fought the wind and rain Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. On Tuesday we all can expect much colder temperatures and we will be fighting to stay warm as highs will be in the upper 40's. Matt Kryger/IndyStar

Jamye Cramer,left, and Alana Bron fight the the rain and colder temperatures as they walk downtown Indianapolis Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. On Tuesday expect much colder temperatures and we will be fighting to stay warm as highs will be in the upper 40's. Matt Kryger/IndyStar

A government worker is reflected in a puddle during a evacuation to University Park during a fire drill for the Minton-Capehart Federal Building in Indianapolis on Monday, Oct. 23, 2017. Michelle Pemberton/IndyStar